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Driving your vehicle
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Driving on grades
Parking on hills
If the needle of the coolant tem-
perature gauge moves across the
dial towards “H” (HOT), pull over
and stop as soon as it is safe to
do so, and allow the engine to idle
until it cools down. You may pro-
ceed once the engine has cooled
sufficiently.
Reduce speed and shift to a lower gear
before you start down a long or steep
downgrade. If you don’t shift down, you
might have to use your brakes so much
that they would get hot and no longer
operate efficiently.
Generally, you should not park your vehi-
cle, with a trailer attached, on a hill.
People can be seriously or fatally injured,
and both your vehicle and the trailer can
be damaged if they begin a downhill tra-
jectory.
On a long uphill grade, shift down and
reduce your speed to around 70 km/h (45
mph) to reduce the possibility of engine
and transaxle overheating.
WARNING - Parking on a
hill
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You must decide driving speed
depending on trailer weight and
uphill grade to reduce the possi-
bility of engine and transaxle
overheating.
Parking your vehicle on a hill with a
trailer attached could cause seri-
ous injury or death, should the trail-
er break loose.
If your trailer weighs more than the max-
imum trailer weight without trailer brakes
and you have an automatic transaxle,
you should drive in D (Drive) when tow-
ing a trailer.
✽ NOTICE - For gasoline engine
(2.0l) and diesel engine (1.6l) with
Automatic Transaxle
However, if you ever have to park your
trailer on a hill, here’s how to do it:
Operating your vehicle in D (Drive) when
towing a trailer will minimize heat build up
and extend the life of your transaxle.
If you tow a trailer on steep 1. Apply your brakes, but don’t shift into
gear.
Have someone place chocks under
the trailer wheels.
grades(in excess of 12%) at a speed
2.
3.
CAUTION
over 30 km/h with the maximum
gross vehicle weight and the maxi-
mum trailer weight, it can cause the
engine or transaxle to overheat.
When driving in such conditions,
allow the engine to idle until it cools
down. You may proceed once when
the engine or transaxle has cooled
sufficiently.
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When towing a trailer on steep
grades (in excess of 6%) pay
close attention to the engine
coolant temperature gauge to
ensure the engine does not over-
heat.
When the wheel chocks are in place,
release the brakes until the chocks
absorb the load.
4.
5.
Reapply the brakes. Apply your park-
brake, and then shift to R
(Reverse) for a manual transaxle or P
(Park) for an automatic transaxle.
Release the brakes.
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